Reliability of the ultrasound measurements of abdominal muscles activity when activated with and without pelvic floor muscles contraction

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-347

  Tahan, Nahid ^a   Rasouli, Omid ^b   Arab, Amir Massoud ^c   Khademi, Khosro ^a   Samani, Elham Neisani ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

abdominal muscles; Low back pain; pelvic floor muscles; reliability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; OBLIQUUS INTERNUS MUSCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REST; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928205747     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: 18786324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-130453     Document Type: Article

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